JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agoWhy a ton, and not a megagram?message-square101fedilinkarrow-up1161
arrow-up1161message-squareWhy a ton, and not a megagram?JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-square@Shialac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoWhen I imagine 1km I don’t imagine 1000 individual meters in my head, I imagine 1km
minus-squareXIIIesqlinkfedilink1•2 years agoThe point is that you can easily estimate a meter. Look to the horizon and estimate a kilometre and I’ll bet that your error is significant by comparison to your estimate of a meter. There is a big difference between imagining/understanding a concept and judging it accurately in the real world.
When I imagine 1km I don’t imagine 1000 individual meters in my head, I imagine 1km
The point is that you can easily estimate a meter.
Look to the horizon and estimate a kilometre and I’ll bet that your error is significant by comparison to your estimate of a meter.
There is a big difference between imagining/understanding a concept and judging it accurately in the real world.